vivster on 17 December 2014
| Gehirnkrampf said: Calling DNS as backbone is just wrong. There is easily a better word for it, since in this context backbone has its very own meaning. |
It is the backbone in a figuratively sense for the vast majority of internet users. Think of all the things that won't even start to work without DNS. A missing DNS would not only pretty much kill the visible internet but also completely break SSL/TLS and with it most forms of secure communication.
Sure, it is not doing the heavy lifting but everything would be fucked without it. Especially since IPv6.
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